Smart OCR Alternatives

Smart OCR is described as 'Convert scanned text, images and scanned PDF files into editable documents with Smart OCR' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are five alternatives to Smart OCR for Windows, Linux, Flathub and Mac. The best alternative is VueScan. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Simple Scan or Windows Scan. Other great apps like Smart OCR are Scanitto Pro and PDF to Text.

Smart OCR alternatives are mainly Document Scanners but may also be Image Scanners. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Smart OCR.

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Smart OCR

Paid • Proprietary
Windows

Convert scanned text, images and scanned PDF files into editable documents with Smart OCR.

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VueScan
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Paid • Proprietary
Image Scanner
Mac
Windows
Linux
29 alternatives to VueScan
Third-party software for film scanners and flatbed scanners.

VueScan is a powerful, easy-to-use program that: -Scans documents, photos and film -Creates PDF, JPEG, TIFF and TXT files -Supports over 1200 scanners.
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VueScan Features
Scanner
Scan to PDF
Multi Scan
Photo color correction
Photo scan
Driver Emulation
Simple Scan
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Free • Open Source
Document Scanner
Image Scanner
Linux
Flathub
25 alternatives to Simple Scan
Simple Scan is an easy-to-use application, designed to let users connect their scanner and quickly have the image/document in an appropriate format.
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Simple Scan Features
Scanner
Photo scan
Export to PDF
Scan to JPEG
Document Capture
Scanitto Pro
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Paid • Proprietary
Document Scanner
Windows
42 alternatives to Scanitto Pro
This scanner software is lightweight, fast and not overloaded with tons of unnecessary features. Fine-tune your scanner settings, make one-click document copies and save documents to multi-page PDFs – its a choice you will never regret making!
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Scanitto Pro Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
Scanner
Multiple languages
Scan to PDF
PDF to Text
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
71 alternatives to PDF to Text
PDF to Text is used to quickly convert PDF documents to plain text files in batch mode. It works without Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader, and has Command Line Interface (CLI), fast and accurate conversion ability, friendly GUI, small size.
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PDF to Text Features
Convert PDF to Text
Windows Scan
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Free • Proprietary
Document Scanner
Windows
22 alternatives to Windows Scan
If you have a scanner, this app makes it easy to scan documents and pictures and save them where you'd like.
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Windows Scan Features
Scanner
Windows Scan vs Smart OCR opinions
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ElectricBacon
Windows scan is not an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) program.
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